Beyond Magnetic
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Beyond Magnetic is an EP released by Metallica. The EP was released to coincide with the bands' anniversary shows, which they released a new song for each day of the shows. The four songs featured on the EP were all recorded during the Death Magnetic sessions but were never released.
Release
The band stated the following about the EP.
During the Death Magnetic album sessions in 2007 and 2008, we originally recorded 14 songs. When it came time to pick the songs for the final album, we decided on 10 songs that you’ve all come to know over the last three years… Some of you may have heard bits and pieces of those other songs on ‘Mission Metallica’ (remember ‘Mission Metallica’?!) or heard rumors about them during the recording process, and wondered, ‘What ever happened to those other four songs???.’ We kept them in the vault and decided to pull them just for this special celebration, so here are the four leftover tracks from the Death Magnetic sessions. They are ROUGH mixes, unfinished to their original degree of mixing from March ’08. These four songs were released as gift to our closest fans, the members of our Fan Club, to enjoy. Now they’re being made available to you.
Prior to the live debut of "Just a Bullet Away" James Hetfield mentioned that the song's working title was "Shine".
The four tracks was given away on respectively December 6th, 8th, 10th and 11th for the MetClub members, before getting a release on December 13th.
During its first week of release, Beyond Magnetic sold 36,000 copies which is considered impressive for a product with practically no promotion. These sales made it land at number 32 on the Billboard 200.
On January 3, 2012, Metallica announced that Beyond Magnetic was to be released as a CD on January 31 in the United States and January 30 internationally.
Tracklist
- Hate Train (6:59)
- Just A Bullet Away (7:11)
- Hell And Back (6:57)
- Rebel Of Babylon (8:01)
External links
- Four Previously Un-released Tracks On iTunes (Metallica.com)
